Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra were among the states to extend the lockdown till May 31.
The Karnataka government on Sunday extended the lockdown regulations in place in the state by two more days until May 19. The state is however waiting for the Centre to announce lockdown 4.0 and if that announcement comes before May 19, that will be applicable in the state. In a communication issued by the Karnataka Chief Secretary Vijay Bhaskar, the state government confirmed the extension of the lockdown regulations put in place on May 2 by another two days or until fresh guidelines are issued. The Ministry of Home Affairs is yet to issue detailed guidelines for lockdown regulations from Monday. Despite this, states including Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra extended the lockdown regulations by two weeks until May 31 while the Telangana government had already extended the lockdown until May 29. The Karnataka government however only extended the lockdown regulations till May 19. During lockdown 3.0, it had issued guidelines based on the central government’s guidelines. The guidelines regulated different activities based on the risk profile of the districts which were divided into red, green and orange zones. Relaxations were announced in all three zones including the red zone districts like Bengaluru where movement of people was allowed from 7 am and 7 pm. Standalone stores including liquor stores were also thrown open while many government offices resumed services. Karnataka has so far reported 1147 coronavirus cases including 55 cases reported on Sunday. The state health department has been testing over 5,000 samples everyday over the past four days. The state government reported the first case in the state over two months ago on March 8 and there are now 600 active cases while 509 people have made a complete recovery after being infected by the virus. The state has also reported 37 deaths including the first death of a COVID-19 patient in the country as early as March 10.
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